Pilot crashes plane on White House lawn

Title

Pilot crashes plane on White House lawn

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

12 Sep 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:20

Description

North American correspondent Paul Woodley reports on the crash landing of a Cessna light aircraft on the White House lawn in Washington DC. The pilot, who investigators say was a man with psychiatric problems, was killed in the crash. Includes interviews with White House spokesman Arthur Jones; plane’s owner, Joe Kesser. (The dead pilot was later named as Frank E. Corder).

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Arthur Jones; Joe Kesser

Keywords

Air accidents; Heads of state; Presidents; Civil aircraft; White House; Bill Clinton; Washington DC; Frank E. Corder

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